Gratitude helps people improve their health, according to this month’s Harvard Mental Health Letter, published by the Harvard Medical School. The publication cites a landmark study, which showed that those who expressed gratitude had fewer health complaints. They also exercised more and required fewer visits to physicians. This reminds me of a quote that is […]
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Pope’s Cuba trip comes amid church’s rising status
MIAMI — Cuba’s Catholic Church rejoiced this week with news that Pope Benedict XVI plans a visit next spring, a trip that would highlight the church’s rising status and unprecedented rapport with the communist government in recent years. The Vatican announcement on Thursday that the visit would help mark the 400th anniversary of the discovery […]
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Reflections: Facing serious challenges as lives are radically changed
The last time I saw Ann-Marie she was standing in front of a blackboard conducting an English class during Parents Weekend. She was a well-known scholar in the field of Elizabethan drama and had published a number of erudite treatises and books on Shakespeare. The next time I saw Ann-Marie, she was stooping over a […]
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Techno Mass fills Stockholm church
The dancing services of the Church of All Saints are so popular people are being turned away at the door.
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Religion Calendar
Today Rummage and fabric sale, 8 to 11 a.m., continues Sunday at the same time. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 114 Main St., Kennebunk. DownEast Fair, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., with crafts, knits and silent auction. Lobster rolls will be available. Woodfords Church, 202 Woodford St., Portland. Kehilah Portland, new Messianic Jewish Synagogue, 10 […]
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Religion Dispatches
DUBLIN Premier: Embassy closure, abuse scandal not related Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny rejected claims Friday that the government’s decision to close its embassy in the Vatican had anything to do with recent child abuse scandals involving the Catholic Church. Kenny said he had accepted the Vatican’s expressions of “abject sorrow about what happened” in […]
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Religion Calendar
Today Haitian art show, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., St. Alban’s Church, Shore Road, Cape Elizabeth. 10th Anniversary Celebration, 6 p.m., lasagna dinner and program, Christ the Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Breakwater School (unaffiliated), 856 Brighton Ave., Portland. For details, call 799-7674. Sunday Trillium, 8:45 a.m., First Baptist Church, 360 Canco Road, Portland. Performance during the […]
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‘The shepherd cannot run at the first sign of danger’
Supporters of a slain U.S. priest seek his sainthood to honor his sacrifice for Guatemala’s poor.
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Reflections: When the going gets tough, the tough get soft
It seemed reasonable when I read the flier: “Six-pack abs by Christmas.” The trainer-to-be advertised that she wanted her former hard body back. We could join her for sit-ups and variations for a half-hour three times a week. In three months we would gain much-coveted midriffs of steel. I signed on. The first day I […]
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Members flee Legion of Christ as reforms stall
The collapse of the influential order has broader implications for the Catholic church.